Chinese spacecraft landed on the Moon

On December 14, Xinhua reported that China's Hang Nga 3 spacecraft landed on the Moon for the first time since 1976, making China the third country after the US and the former Soviet Union. does this feat successfully.

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Hang Nga 3 ship landed in the Rainbow Bay area of ​​the Moon at 21:12 (local time).

This success is an important step in China's ambitious space program. Just hours after the Hang Nga ship landed on the surface of the Moon, the Jade Rabbit Solar probe will conduct excavation and lunar geological surveys.

In June, during China's latest space mission, three astronauts traveled 15 days in orbit and connected to a space laboratory, part of Beijing's efforts. to build a space station before 2020.